[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Your doubt may be misplaced - I know people in Private Industry, Local Government, and the University Sector who are hybrid working, and they all seem to follow the same methodology and technology - they use the same laptop (with an encrypted drive) in both places (home and office), and the same security standards, except they use a work-supplied VPN to access a Virtual Desktop to enable them to work from home.

I don't disagree. But the "properly in hand" includes, for example tying access to an IP address, or multi-factor authentication using a corporate mobile device. It's confidential information that concerns me.